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The latest version of Xiaomi’s MIUI software looks a lot more like iOS 7 than Android

Red hot Chinese smartphone-maker Xiaomi has announced a major upgrade to its MIUI Android software. MIUI 6, which will come to the company’s devices soon, bears more than a passing resemblance to iOS. It is certainly more Apple-like than the Google Android that we know, as Liliputing notes.

MIUI is four years old, and Xiaomi says that it has 70 million users worldwide. In addition to being pre-loaded on Xiaomi’s smartphones — like the recently announced Mi 4 — MIUI can be downloaded to some Android devices from other companies.

Update: It is worth noting that MIUI 5, which arrived before iOS 7, first sported many of the designs present in this new update, per the video below. (Thanks @arnoudwokkeand and @sirsteven for pointing that out.)